Timofej Florinskij

Timofei Florinskii in 1898

Timofei Dmitrievich Florinskii or Timofiej Fłorinski or Timofej Fllorinskij (28 October 1854 – 2 May 1919) was a Russian historian, specializing in the medieval history of South Slavs. He was a graduate of Saint Petersburg State University and was a supporter of Pan-Slavism. He was married and had three sons, including historian Michael Florinsky, and a daughter. One of his other sons was killed in a war, and the remaining son was exiled. In 1919, he was killed in Kiev.[1][2]

His grandson, Igor Savitsky, was a painter.[3]

References

  1. ^ Smith, G. S.; Mirsky, D. S.; Florinsky, Michael (1994). "The Correspondence of D. S. Mirsky and Michael Florinsky, 1925-32". The Slavonic and East European Review. 72 (1): 115–139. ISSN 0037-6795.
  2. ^ Zlatar, Zdenko (2004-09-22). ""For the sake of Slavdom": St. Petersburg Slavic benevolent society--a collective portrait of 1913". East European Quarterly. 38 (3): 261–299.
  3. ^ Fatland, Erika (2019). Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. London, U.K.: Maclehose Press. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-85705-777-8. The Russian artist Igor Savitsky came to this godforsaken place in 1950. [...] His maternal grandfather, Timofey Florinsky, was an assistant professor at Kiev University, and head of Slavic Studies.